> Given the survivability of early stage breast cancer versus late stage, a high false positive rate doesn't seem worse than the alternative of missing early st

> Given the survivability of early stage breast cancer versus late stage, a high false positive rate doesn't seem worse than the alternative of missing early stage breast cancer I stand by this sentiment wholeheartedly. 3D mammo caught a 0.6mm diameter tumor for my wife and she never even felt the lump. I felt it once and then couldn't find it again. I had to drag her to the doctors office as she didn't believe me. Oddly enough, my college years were spent in a pathology lab and I knew exactly what a tumor felt like and knew her family history and my heart sank the first time I felt it, so I was quite persistent in forcing her to see the doctor. They rushed her surgery on the schedule and still the tumor was 3.5mm by the time they removed it. Time is absolutely of the essence. Had she waited for her annual exam or for some convincing evidence that she needed to go to the doctor, I fear it would have metastasized and I'd be a widower writing this comment. I feel like adding, in the US, at the time, we had to fight tooth and nail for the 3D mammo to be covered by insurance and it was still pretty pricey copay. This really should be more widely available. Especially for certain demographic traits. My wife was 30ish (dense tissue), family history, known BRCA+, and should not have to fight for this technology that is the obvious best option.